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I don't know whether it would be good or not, it would probably be interesting but almost every Pokémon would get a 4x weakness against some moves. I get your though of Dual-type moves though Like: Scald would be Water/Fire, Dual Chop would be Dragon/Fighting, Mega Punch/Kick would be Normal/Fighting, etc.

It's an interesting idea, but hopelessly unbalanced. Even single typed Pokemon wouldn't be safe from potentially taking 4x damage from certain moves. Besides, imagine what a Water-Grass combo would do to a Pokemon like Golem? Ouch...

From a competitive standpoint, such a thing would be too overpowered to effectively add to the game. I'd like to see some more type combos (Ghost-Steel, Fire-Water) on actual Pokemon first.

I doubt it would ever happen, mainly for the reason that BritishWeavile gave. Any move that could potentially be 8x effective would pretty much be an instant KO, which would completely unbalance the game. Unless literally every move became duel type, but that would just be ridiculous.

Originally Posted by FullMetalAlchemist

It would only happen if this happened:

The dual-type move has a 50% chance of being one type or the other.

For example, if they made Solar Beam a Fire/Grass move, half of the time it would end up as a Grass move, and the other half a Fire move. See what I mean?

This actually sounds like a pretty good idea. Although I'd imagine that these moves would be slightly more powerful.

A water-grass move one a rock/ground pokemon = X8. Then add STAB, the chance of critical hit, abilities, stats affecting move. Imagine a Water/Grass type with maxed Sp Atk Evs, uses work up to maximize his Sp atk, uses a STAB water-grass special move against a Golem... And get a critical hit... Bye bye Golem!

At first NO! The pokes with unfortunate quad weaknesses are crap enough as it is, this would just make it worse.

But there is a very simple way on how they could get around doing this.

A dual type moves match-ups would only affect the damage 50% each.
Type=M*0.5+M*0.5
Where M is 2, 1, 0.5 or 0, depending on whether the type is weak to the attack, neutral, resistant, or immune.
(And btw, the STAB would also be halved then obviouly)

So say you have a Water/Ground move like Muddy Water. Using it on:
Fire=2*0.5+2*0.5=2x
Poison=1*0.5+2*0.5=1.5x
Bug=1*0.5+0.5*0.5=0.75x
etc.

I'm not too keen on that idea, as I think it would be unnecessary the game when we already have single typed moves that work well enough as it is. Dual type moves would be interesting to have but I just don't think in principal it would work out great.

Wouldn't it be easier to deliver a 4x damaging move Just by selecting it in battle? if the two moves are effective against a dual-type pokemon, it would bring up a 8x damaging move! It would bring Pokemon gaming to an entirely new level.

No it wouldn't, it would make the game broken and unfair to the point where a weak attack will be enough to one hit knock out a pokémon.

Originally Posted by h8on-me

But, lets see why nintendo might choose not to do this,

Game Freak makes the core pokémon games, not Nintendo.

Originally Posted by h8on-me

I think this would be a great chance to try out Dual-Type moves sets and give Pokemon a chance to regain some lost fans.

Game Freak doesn't care about their lost fans and making the game broken isn't exactly going to bring them back.

Furthermore if these lost fan are no longer playing the game, then it is most likely that they have grown out of the series.

"Now Count up your Sins"- Kamen Rider W

Originally Posted by Clamps

And here we have GAMEFREAK EMPLOYEE Blaze Boy confirming once again that Red/Blue/Yellow/Green/ and Gold/Silver/Crystal will not be on the 3DS virtual console E-shop!

This is a long thread, and admittedly, I've only read the first and last pages. But I see the same arguments everywhere. Honestly, I believe Dark to be a mixture of both deceitful/evil ways and actual dark energy. I mean Fake Tears, Thief and Sucker Punch clearly fall in the former; but Dark Pulse, Dark Void and Night Slash seem to use Dark energy.
Therefore, I believe a Light type could also present as a mixture of actual electromagnetic spectrum energy and "goodness"!
I made a stab with creating attacks, abilities, and type advantages of a Light type that can be found HERE
I also attempted to design some Light Fakemon which can be seen HERE

I must stress, I am in no way saying there SHOULD be a Light type. It's been a while since Dark and Steel were introduced, the types are now relatively balanced, and people hate change, so it is unlikely. I'm just saying I think there COULD be a Light type.

This is a long thread, and admittedly, I've only read the first and last pages. But I see the same arguments everywhere. Honestly, I believe Dark to be a mixture of both deceitful/evil ways and actual dark energy. I mean Fake Tears, Thief and Sucker Punch clearly fall in the former; but Dark Pulse, Dark Void and Night Slash seem to use Dark energy.
Therefore, I believe a Light type could also present as a mixture of actual electromagnetic spectrum energy and "goodness"!
I made a stab with creating attacks, abilities, and type advantages of a Light type that can be found HERE
I also attempted to design some Light Fakemon which can be seen HERE

I must stress, I am in no way saying there SHOULD be a Light type. It's been a while since Dark and Steel were introduced, the types are now relatively balanced, and people hate change, so it is unlikely. I'm just saying I think there COULD be a Light type.

Dark pulse isn't actual darkness it's just sending out an aura of dark/evil thoughts. Night slash is simply attacking while the enemy's attention is diverted. Dark void can be argued but it's still using cheap tactics.

This is a long thread, and admittedly, I've only read the first and last pages. But I see the same arguments everywhere. Honestly, I believe Dark to be a mixture of both deceitful/evil ways and actual dark energy. I mean Fake Tears, Thief and Sucker Punch clearly fall in the former; but Dark Pulse, Dark Void and Night Slash seem to use Dark energy.
Therefore, I believe a Light type could also present as a mixture of actual electromagnetic spectrum energy and "goodness"!
I made a stab with creating attacks, abilities, and type advantages of a Light type that can be found HERE
I also attempted to design some Light Fakemon which can be seen HERE

I must stress, I am in no way saying there SHOULD be a Light type. It's been a while since Dark and Steel were introduced, the types are now relatively balanced, and people hate change, so it is unlikely. I'm just saying I think there COULD be a Light type.

The Dark Type is the Evil Type in Japan. It's all about dirty fighting.

Name-Avammon(mix of "Avarice" and Mammon)
Type-Dark/Rock(rock as in precious stone)
Ability-Pickpocket(its greedily stealing your item)
Apperance-A many armed frog with a silver color. The shiny is gold

Name-Assuria(mixing Asmodeus and luxuria)
Type-Dark/Fire(in Purgatory, the lustful must deal with the heat of their lust)
Ability-Cute Charm(kind of obvious)
Apperance-A satyr(also referencing Pan's lustfulness)

Part of Pokemon Gray is that, due to the events of the previous two games, Ghetsis has completely lost it. While not the main villain, Ghetsis is a part of the plot and is looked after by the Shadow Triad. Ghetsis can barely communicate, and needs the Shadow Triad to execute his plans. Despite this, he's even more vicious. His cape has been replaced by a clothes that are similar to a straight-jacket. Think C-2's normal clothes from Code Geass. Ghetsis lacks a right arm(which I suspect he lost between BW1 and BW2), and his remaining hand is bandaged due to biting it.

You fight him after defeating Stroval, when going up to fight the Elite 4 for a second time. Having run off from the defeat, his clothes are torn and ripped. Instead of fighting you, he immediately beats you out. Before he can summon his Hydreigon, your starter Zoroark stops him. Ghetsis can be seen hunching over, with his hair become long and shaggy. He looks utterly demented. Worse, the remix of his song

"Penance" will be even more warped. His song will start quiet, but get louder. It will lack tone, and be 8-bit-ish. This symbolises his degraded mind. Occasionally it'll return to its orchestral state, but only when Penance becomes a maniacal laugh eg(Pe-HEHE-HEH-nce! PeHEHEH-nce Pe-HEHEHAHEHEHAHAHE PENACE). When you only have one Pokemon, all music cuts out